Fidel Castro Attends Opening Ceremony of Studio Art in Havana

Havana, Jan 9 – The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, attended the inauguration of the study “Kcho Romerillo Laboratory for art”, a cultural core nonprofit , according to an official note released today in this capital.The purpose of this cultural project, opened last night in the capital district Romerillo, is experimentation, development, dissemination of the arts and human understanding.

The note describes the past 21:00 and in occasion of the 55 anniversary of the entry into Havana of Fidel leading the rebel army, the historic leader of the Revolution came to the workshop of 9th Street and 120 in the Romerillo neighborhood, Playa municipality, and greeted artists and villagers clapped excitedly at the newcomer.

The City Historian Eusebio Leal and laureate painter Alexis Leyva, Kcho, unveiled the plaque with the Romerillo Studio opened in the presence of Fidel, who toured the gallery with the show “Lam , you are indispensable”, that includes original works by Wifredo Lam, and a statement of authorship Kcho, ” The Thinker” .

According to the report, study Kcho Romerillo Laboratory for art includes, besides the exhibition hall, the public library Juan Almeida and experimental workshop graphical Romerillo.